[4] Nuttallii was named in honor of Thomas Nuttall, an English botanist.

[5] The erect divided stems are covered in fine upward curving hairs.

The sticky inflorescence has many single flowers on a spike with stalks that are 1 inch long or shorter.

In Washington state, it is found in Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, Klickitat, and Benton counties in the south of the state, and in Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston, and Pierce counties in the central-west.

In Oregon state, it is found in Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Harney, Malheur, Crock, Grant, Umatilla, Union, and Wallowa counties in the south and east of the state, and Columbia, Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill, Hood River, and Wasco counties in the north west of the state.